Technique
Black-figure
Period
c. 620–480 BC
Collection
21495 vases
Figures painted in black slip on the natural red clay, with details incised through to the clay beneath. Invented at Corinth but perfected at Athens, where Exekias brought it to its supreme achievement. The technique demands extraordinary precision with the incising tool.
21495 examples
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARIANI P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARIANI P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHRYNOS P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERON CLASS by UNKNOWN
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by UNKNOWN
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by GUY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by SIEDENTOPF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 174, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ZURICH P
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P by BOCCI
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COURTING CUPS, GROUP OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COURTING CUPS, GROUP OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, CHALCIDISING (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ERIDANOS WORKSHOP by CALLIPOLITIS-FEYTMANS
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLE PALMETTE P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
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